Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sabbath' occurs 144 times in the standard works.

86 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sabbath' in the standard works and contain 59.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 36 minutes to read the entire list.

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Neh. 13:15-22 (10 in 8 verses)

Jer. 17:21-27 (7 in 7 verses)

Ex. 31:14-16 (5 in 3 verses)

Luke 13:14-16 (4 in 3 verses)

Mark 2:27-3:2 (4 in 4 verses)

John 7:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 25:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 25:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 11:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 12:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 6:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 23:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 23:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 23:39 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 23:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 10:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 58:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 12:5 (2 in 1 verse)

John 19:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 16:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 20:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 35:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 23:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 28:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 5:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 12:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 2:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 6:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

John 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 13:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 76 35 111
NT 60 0 60
BM 5 0 5
Jarom 1 0 1
Mosiah 4 0 4
DC 2 0 2
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 144 35 179

Jarom 1:5
And now, behold, two hundred years had passed away, and the people of Nephi had waxed strong in the land. They observed to keep the law of Moses and the sabbath day holy unto the Lord. And they profaned not; neither did they blaspheme. And the laws of the land were exceedingly strict.

Mosiah 13:16
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Mosiah 13:18
But the seventh day, the sabbath of the Lord thy God, thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates;

Mosiah 13:19
For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is; wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Mosiah 18:23
And he commanded them that they should observe the sabbath day, and keep it holy, and also every day they should give thanks to the Lord their God.